Title :
Optical, photo-physical properties and photostability of laser dyes impregnated in sol-gel matrix
Author :
Al-Shamiri, Hamdan Ali sultan ; Badr, Y.A. ; Kana, Maram T H Abou
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept. Fac. of Sci., Taiz Univ., Taiz, Yemen
Abstract :
The lasing action of some dyes (pyrromethene 597, pyrromethene 567 and Rhodamin B) incorporated into sol-gel silica glass material were reported. The amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) was studied under 532 nm, laser excitation in transverse pumping configuration for the prepared rod samples. The influence of dye concentrations on the amplified spontaneous emission peak wavelengths, the output energies, the gain and the energy conversion efficiencies were studied. Relatively high efficiencies were obtained with good photostabilities where a decrease to ~ 40% of the initial ASE output energy were observed after pumping by ~ 60,000 shots at relatively high repetition rate (10 Hz) and energy (15 mJ).
Keywords :
dye lasers; dyes; liquid lasers; optical glass; optical pumping; sol-gel processing; superradiance; SiO2; amplified spontaneous emission; energy conversion efficiency; laser dyes; laser excitation; photophysical properties; photostability; pyrromethene 567; pyrromethene 597; rhodamin B; sol-gel silica glass material; transverse pumping configuration; wavelength 532 nm; Absorption; Fluorescence; Glass; Pump lasers; Silicon compounds; Solid lasers; Polymeric Dye Laser; laser dyes; optical properties and Amplified spontaneous emission; photostability; sol-gel silica; solid state dye laser;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Communications and Photonics Conference (SIECPC), 2011 Saudi International
Conference_Location :
Riyadh
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0068-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0067-5
DOI :
10.1109/SIECPC.2011.5876987
